Meeting with director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

On 26 April 2022, the Centre welcomed Michael O’Flaherty, Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), together with Ludovica Banfi, expert in field of migration and social research. The representatives of FRA met with the Executive Director of the Centre, Silvia Porubänová, as well as with Zuzana Pavlíčková and Lilla Ozoráková, legal officers from the department of policy and international relations. During the meeting, we discussed our priorities with a view to a closer future cooperation between the Centre and FRA.

In addition, we also discussed the possibilities of the Centre’s cooperation with FRA in the field of monitoring and protection of the rights of persons fleeing Ukraine. We informed about the ongoing and planned activities of the Centre in this area. As part of the discussion on the roles of national actors in monitoring the rule of law, we also presented our practical tool for monitoring and evaluating the rule of law in Slovakia, which the Centre is developing as part of a project supported by a financial contribution from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.